Digital Literacy and Identity Formation in 21st Century Classrooms: Implications for Second Language Development

Lavern Byfield, Crystal Shelby-Caffey, Heidi Bacon, Xiang Shen

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As technology is increasingly adapted for educational purposes, previous research has confirmed the impact of technology on English learners’ (ELs’) literacy development. Given the increased attention to self-based studies in second language acquisition, this paper explores how ELs are motivated to learn a second language by pursuing the imagined selves, investing in the target culture, and negotiating identities in digitally mediated contexts. The motivational capacity of identity is discussed from cognitive/psychological, social/psychological, and sociocultural perspectives. Pedagogical implications about the use of technology to facilitate L2 literacy development are discussed.

 


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L2 motivational self systems, cultural investment, L2 socialization, digital literacy

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